Capt William Penn Wright (1818-1894)

Capt William Penn Wright

Birth

9 Sep 1818

Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA

Death

12 Oct 1894 (aged 76)

Red House, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA

Burial

Captain William Wright Graveyard

Red House, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map

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One of the Gov first licesnsed pilots on the Western Rivers , licesnse covered the Mississippi & its tributaries , hes mentioned in several books on steamboats and rivers

Family Members

Parents

Alexander Penn Wright

1788–1872
Melinda "Matilda" Boston Wright

unknown–1850

Spouse

Almira Anderson Wright

1827–1859

Siblings

Mary Frances Wright Melton

1820–1900
Rachel Ann Wright Miller

1821–1913
George P Wright

1824–1898
James Henry Wright

1835–1919
Capt Stapleton Crutchfield Wright

1839 – unknown

Children

William A "Billy" Wright

1848–1906
James C Wright

1854–1932
Capt Thomas C Wright

1866–1920

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1880 United States Federal Census
West Virginia, U.S., Deaths Index, 1853-1973
1870 United States Federal Census
Ohio, U.S., Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Index, 1810s-2016

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Capt William Penn Wright

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Alexander Penn Wright

Melinda "Matilda" Boston Wright

Almira Anderson Wright

Mary Frances Wright Melton

Rachel Ann Wright Miller

George P Wright

James Henry Wright

Capt Stapleton Crutchfield Wright

William A "Billy" Wright

James C Wright

Capt Thomas C Wright

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